Wax distributing means



p 1932- E. v. TRELEVEN 1,876,797

WAX DISTRIBUTING MEANS Original Filed Feb. 1, 1926 fO/wara WE /e uer? Patented Sept. 13, 1932 warren srarss PArs 'r osrics EDWARD V. TRELEVEN, 01E LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T PEERLESS PROD- UOTS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA WAX DISTRIBUTING MEANS Application filed February 1, 1926, Serial no. 85,251.

My present invention relates particularly to novel wax-distributing means; and, although I may employ a waxing and polishmg organization identical with or similar to one or another of the types described in, for example, the application of Edna B. Gedge, Serial No. 82735, filed January 21, 1926, it is an especial object of this invention 'toprovide novel and inexpensive wax cartridges comprising shells formed of paper, or of another fibrous material, adapted to form a tight closure when pressed against a metallic surface; and, in preferred embodiments of my invention, these shells may be suitable for use both inthe distributing of wax, through the usual channelsof wholesale and retail trade, and also suitable for use in the final distribution or application] of wax, in which a plunger may be used in forcing the contents of my wax cartridges through a channel or channels therebelow, and toward and through the main body of a waxer, comprising parts adapted to cooperate therewith.

It is an object of this invention to provide inexpensive wax cartridges comprislng shells sealed against deterioration and sufliciently rigid to withstand ordinary usage, the mate rial of said shells being adapted to yield very slightly under longitudinal pressure, to obviate the need of a gasket therebelow, in preventing a lateral escape of wax when a plunger is used to force the same out through pivotally connected members and through the main body of a waxer; and my invention includes methods of preparing and using the mentioned cartridge as well aspreferred features of cartridge construction, and preferred cooperative features of waxer construction, 'as hereinafter described. i

Other objects of my invention, including the use of spirally wound strips in the formation of my cartridge shell, and the use of preferred coating materials in so treating the same as to prevent escape of contents of my cartridges, and including an optional flaring of what I may term the plunger-receiving end of some or all ofmy cartridges, may be best appreciated from the following description of alternative embodiments of my invention, taken in connection with the approvided upon or I may employ, as suggested Renewed July 23, 1929.

pended claims and the accompanying draw ing, in which 7 Fig. l is a vertical section through a waxer and a cartrldge illustrating my invention, this form involving the use of a longitudinally split chamber comprising a part permanently secured by a pivot pin, near its lower end; and comprising also a locking ring. a Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view illustrating an alternative method of connecting arelae tively movable chamber section.

Fig. 8 is a detail view, corresponding to the upper portion of Fig. 1, but with a plunger omitted, this figure illustrating an alternative form of cartridge and cooperating features of wax chamber construction. Fig. 4 is an elevational vieW, with parts broken away, of a cartridge of the general type illustrated in Fig. 1. I 1

Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to. the'upper portion of Fig.4, butshowing cartridges of the general type illustrated also in Fig. 3 as closed by a plug. H 7

Referring to the details of that specific embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4-, llj is the main body or weight of a waxer, this body being pivotally connected with a wax or cartridge chamber comprising amajor sectionlQy' and a relatively movable section 12 these sections together constituting a cylindrical member and being integral with a correspondingly divided cap, interiorly threaded to receive corresponding threads a handle 13j, orupon a metallic thimble or extension coaxial with a handle by which the entire waxer is manipulable,

' The lower end of the mentioned handle or thimble is shown as provided with a cylindrical enlargement or plunger lij, the descent of which is effective to force the wax downward through and out from a suitable cartridge, such as a cartridge comprising a cylindrical shell 157'; and, to facilitate the insertion of fresh cartridges, shells, I may secure the movable cartridge chamber section 123" either by means such as a pivot pin 163', extendingthrough cooperating lugsl'lj on said movable section, andicorresponding lugs 18j on the major section 127', in Fig. 2, a lug and the removal of empty mentarily lifted, the movable section 127" is,

swung upward into parallelism with the major section 127', and said ring is then dropped or forced downward sufiiciently that all parts will, be locked in their intended relationships; and the subsequent rotation of the handle or thimble l3j may then be relied on to force wax from the mentioned cartridge, or its equivalent, out through wax delivery and outlet passages such as are indicated at 237' and 24 7', to enable the same to be used in the waxing of a floor, or the like, in a known manner.

It will be appreciated that the advance of the plunger 149', or its equivalent, is due to an engagement between external threads 201' with corresponding internal threads provided at 21 and 213' upon the respective cap sections integral with the chamber sections 127' I and 12y; it is an important feature ,5, my present invention that, by forming the described cartridges of paper, such as has heretofore been used in the construction of mailing tubes, and the like, or of an equivalent fibrous material capable of yielding sufliciently to form a tight closure, in the line of contact of its lower edge 22j with a substantially flat circular area provided, at 25y', in the bottom of the described wax container, or in the bottomof a wax container of any preferred alternative construction, I obviate all need of a gasket, or the like, to prevent lateral escape of wax, substantially the entire contents of each cartridge being forced, upon the depression of the plunger 14y, or its equivalent, which should fit snugly therein, out

through the described passages 23j and 247', extending respectively through a laterally oflset neck and through an upstanding projection on the waxer body,the latter elements being pivotally connected, as in the mentioned application of Edna R. Gedge, or otherwise, as may be desired.

Although the wax cartridges 28 may be cylindrical throughout their entire length,

and although they may be closed in any preferred manner and/or coated or saturated with any preferred suitable material, I find it highly advantageous not only to employ paper tubes formed of suitable strips spi- L rally wound, in order to avoid any use of longitudinal seams, but to saturate or coat the same with a material, such as a solution of sodium silicate (as ordinarily obtainable at drug stores, underthe name of water glass) this-being applied either with the aid of a brush, or by dipping. For example, having provided tube sections of suitable length, I may moisten the interior and exterior surfaces thereof with sodium silicate, then applying cupped paper or other plugs or caps 26 preferably treated with the same solution, to the lower ends of'a row of the treated tubes (the caps being preferably applied while the coating thereon and/or the coatingon the tubes is still fluent) I may then fill the tubes with the desired wax (hot or coldthe composition of floor wax being well known and constituting no part of my invention) thereafter closing the upper or plungerreceiving ends of the tubes, as by applying thereto caps 27y, preferably also treated in the general manner above described. Instead of, or in addition to applying the respective caps while the coating materials thereon, or on the shells 157', are still fluent, I may dip the respective ends, or entire cartridges, after one or both of the mentioned caps, or equivalent closure elements. are applied.

I suggest, in Fig.7 3 (in which no plunger is shown, this element being preferably of the same general character as that illustrated in Fig. l) a cartridge 28m which is slightly flared at the upper end 29mthereof, in a manner favorable to the guidance. of a plunger thereto; and I show the walls of the respective wax chamber sections 12m and 12m as provided with corresponding angular concavities 29m, providing space for the mentioned flaring of the cooperating cartridge. I also suggest, in Fig. 5, the use at the upper end of each cartridge 28m of a tapered plug 30m, adapted to interfit within the correspondingly tapered upper portion of the shell 15m and tending to prevent deformation thereof, during shipment and/or storage. It will be obvious that, if desired, the plugs 30m or their equivalents, whether formed of wood, or of any preferred material, may be coated or saturated in the de scribed. manner; and the dimensions of the wax chamber into which the described cartridges are to be inserted may be such as to necessitate the removal of the described caps, and/or plugs, before the same are inserted, for use as described.

Although I have herein described alternative embodiments of my invention, it should be understood not only that various features thereof may be independently used, but also that numerous modifications might be made, by those skilled in the art to which this case relates, without the slightest departure from the spirit and scope of this ini vention, as the same is indicated above and in the following claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In wax distributing means: awaxer comprising a weight, provided with an outlet passage for wax; a sectional wax chamber member; pivot means connecting said chamber member with said weight, having an intercommunicating wax passage there through; a handle extending from said Wax chamber for the operation of said weight; a plunger mounted on the end of said handle movable within said chamber; and means comprising a freely slidable annular ring, movable longitudinally of said handle for locking sections of said wax chamber in closed position.

2. In Wax distributing means: a waxer comprising a weight, provided with an outlet passage for wax; a sectional wax chamber member; pivot ber member with said weight, having an in.- tercommunicating wax passage therethrough; a handle extending from said weight; a plunger mounted on the end of said handle movable within said chamber; and means comprising a freely slidable annular ring, movable longitudinally of said handle for locking sections of said wax chamber in closed position, said sections comprising a fixed section and a hinged section pivoted at one end of said fixed section.

3. In a wax distributing means; a waxer head having a wax delivery passage; a wax container pivoted to the head; and a handle for manipulating the head and axially movable of the container for expressing wax therefrom into the head; said container including a pair of longitudinal sections pivotally joined together adjacent that part of the container that is nearest the head.

4. In a wax distributing means; a waxer head having a Wax delivery passage; awax container pivoted to the head; a handle for manipulating the head and axially movable of the container for expressing wax therefrom into the head; said container including a pair of longitudinal sections pivotally joined together adjacent that part of, the container that is nearest the head; and means longitudinally movable with respect to -the container, for holding the sections together.

5. In a wax distributing means; a waxer head having a wax delivery passage; a wax container pivoted to the head; and a handle for manipulating the head and axially movable of the container for expressing wax therefrom into the head; said container including a pair of longitudinal sections pivotally joined together on an axis adjacent the end of the container and transversely thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 26th day of January 1926.

EDWARD V. TRELEVEN.

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